NY Times Smears 'Racist' Scholar Who Exposed Plagiarist Cambridge Prof
The New York Times has finally noticed the academic credibility meltdown at one of the premier universities in the world, Cambridge. Ex-professor Jason Arday, a plagiarist and fabulist who rocketed up the academic ladder, enabled by gullible or perhaps intimidated fellow scholars, aided by lawyerly muscle to keep doubters quiet. Yet the Times article saved its harshest words for Arday’s…
NY Times Cancels Chaucer? Canterbury Tales' ‘Systematic Rape Culture'
The front page of Saturday’s New York Times carried a surprisingly arcane story regarding the settling of an old “rape” controversy concerning Geoffrey Chaucer, the renowned 14th century writer of The Canterbury Tales: “Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not.” Culture reporter Jennifer Schuessler reluctantly framed the vindication of this Dead White Male: "...the new…